| malpighian tuft | <anatomy, nephrology> One of the structures which comprise the nephron (functional unit) in the kidney. The glomerulus is composed of capillary blood vessels which are actively involved in the filtration of the blood. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| enamel tuft | A group of structures representing defects in tooth mineralization that extend from the dentino-enamel junction into the enamel to about one-half its thickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tuft | 1. A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers. 2. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants. "Under a tuft of shade." (Milton) "Green lake, and cedar fuft, and spicy glade." (Keble) 3. A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English universities; so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them. "Several young tufts, and others of the faster men." (T. Hughes) Origin: Prov. E. Tuff, F. Touffe; of German origin; cf. G. Zopf a weft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree. See Top summit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malpighian | <anatomy> Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. Malhighian capsules or corpuscles, the globular dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney. Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen, masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malpighian bodies | Small nodular masses of lymphoid tissue attached to the sides of the smaller arterial branches. Synonym: folliculi lymphatici lienales, malpighian bodies, malpighian corpuscles, malpighian glands, malpighian nodules, splenic corpuscles, splenic lymph nodules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malpighian capsule | A thin fibrous membrane enveloping the spleen and continued over the vessels entering at the hilus. See: glomerular capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malpighian cell | A cell of the stratum spinosum of the epidermis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malpighian corpuscles | The tuft of glomerular capillaries and the capsula glomeruli that encloses it. Synonym: corpusculum renis, malpighian corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malpighian glands | Small nodular masses of lymphoid tissue attached to the sides of the smaller arterial branches. Synonym: folliculi lymphatici lienales, malpighian bodies, malpighian corpuscles, malpighian glands, malpighian nodules, splenic corpuscles, splenic lymph nodules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malpighian glomerulus | <anatomy, nephrology> One of the structures which comprise the nephron (functional unit) in the kidney. The glomerulus is composed of capillary blood vessels which are actively involved in the filtration of the blood. (27 Sep 1997) |
| malpighian layer | The living layer of the epidermis comprising the stratum basale, stratum spinosum, and stratum granulosum. Synonym: malpighian layer, malpighian rete. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malpighian nodules | Small nodular masses of lymphoid tissue attached to the sides of the smaller arterial branches. Synonym: folliculi lymphatici lienales, malpighian bodies, malpighian corpuscles, malpighian glands, malpighian nodules, splenic corpuscles, splenic lymph nodules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malpighian pyramid | One of a number of pyramidal masses seen on longitudinal section of the kidney; collectively, they constitute the renal medulla, and contain part of the secreting tubules and the collecting tubules. Synonym: pyramis renalis, malpighian pyramid, medullary pyramid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malpighian rete | The living layer of the epidermis comprising the stratum basale, stratum spinosum, and stratum granulosum. Synonym: malpighian layer, malpighian rete. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malpighian stigmas | The points of entrance of the smaller veins into the larger veins of the spleen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malpighian stratum | The living layer of the epidermis comprising the stratum basale, stratum spinosum, and stratum granulosum. Synonym: malpighian layer, malpighian rete. (05 Mar 2000) |
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